So often the bleeding edge of games tech, yet so often fundamentally the same underneath: there’s a reason we can’t get enough of pretend shooting pretend people in their pretend faces. It is a pure test of skill and reflex, a game about movement at least as much as it is about violence, and done right it is absolutely delightful>. And hey, sometimes you get a decent gimmick or story thrown into the mix.

These are our favourite 50 first-person shooters on PC, from 1993-2017. Your favourite is at number 51.

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Bam! Bif! Pow! Thump! Ooh! Aah! Eee! Coo! ‘Eck! Thud!

Those are the sounds of Zeno Clash [official site], a gorgeous first-person beat ‘em up from ACE Team.

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